Total Crime Rate
104.9 per 1,000
All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025North Avenue area has the 26th highest crime rate of 55 local areas in Burnham on Sea North , and the 427th highest crime rate of 1,848 local areas in Somerset .
Neighbouring streets tend to have noticeably higher crime levels than this postcode. Crime here is lower than the average for the surrounding output areas.
The overall crime rate in the area around North Avenue (TA9 3ER) in the last 12 months was 104.9 per 1,000 residents and was 64.0% higher than the Burnham on Sea North average (64.0 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 17 offences recorded. The least common crime was Burglary with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Anti-social behaviour ( 200.0% YoY). Other major crime categories were broadly unchanged compared to 2024.
Violent crimes totalled 20 (≈ 61.7 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 25.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -36.0% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around North Avenue (TA9 3ER), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Burnham Road, where police recorded 44 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near East Avenue (34 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Burnham on Sea North| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Petrol Station | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Mallard Place | — |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Huish Close | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | South Avenue | — |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Talbot Close | Action to be taken by another organisation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Talbot Close | Action to be taken by another organisation |
| Sep 2025 | Robbery | Highburn Close | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Highburn Close | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | South Avenue | — |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Tregelles Close | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Tregelles Close | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Petrol Station | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Petrol Station | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Other crime | West Avenue | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Tregelles Close | Under investigation |
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